"Ana" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew ⁧חַנָּה⁩ (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from ⁧חַנָּה⁩ (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W.H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{bor|en|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{bor|en|ro|-}} Romanian, {{bor|en|bg|-}} Bulgarian, {{bor|en|sh|-}} Serbo-Croatian, {{bor|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{bor|en|mk|-}} Macedonian, {{mdash}} —, {{der|en|LL.|Anna}} Late Latin Anna, {{mdash}} —, {{der|en|grc-koi|Ἄννα||Anna}} Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), {{der|en|he|חַנָּה||Hannah|tr=Ḥanâ}} Hebrew ⁧חַנָּה⁩ (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), {{m|he|חַנָּה||grace, gracious, graced with child|tr=ḥanâ}} ⁧חַנָּה⁩ (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”), {{doublet|en|Ann|Anne|Anna|Hannah}} Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ana
  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-name-Dw1cGkYq
  2. A river in Oregon, United States. Categories (place): Places in Oregon, USA, Places in the United States, Rivers in Oregon, USA, Rivers in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-name-aVM0VC0M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ana
  1. Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Anah (extra: a city in Anbar, Iraq) Categories (place): Cities in Iraq, Places in Iraq
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-name-dFntQmu6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ana
  1. An ethnicity within the Yoruba people, mostly living in Benin and Togo in West Africa.
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-name-3aUL~V6K
  2. The language within the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Ana people. Synonyms: Ifè
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-name-ciAWhriI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Ana pl (plural only)
  1. A member of the Ana people. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Ana-en-noun-Sl~4YEXi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ana"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.